Hawaii Won’t Give Up in New Attempt To Thwart Trump Travel Ban

Associated Press

- Jul 09, 2017 10:30 am

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The State of Hawaii is waging an uphill fight to get a federal judge to modify an earlier order to block the Trump travel ban after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled partially in favor of the ban. Hawaii won’t cry “uncle” yet because the ban illogically bars entry to uncles, aunts and grandparents of U.S. citizens.

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Hawaii has returned to federal court with a new motion in its challenge to Trump administration travel ban rules regarding citizens from six majority Muslim countries.

[Skift Editor’s Note: Hawaii’s motion is embedded below.]

In the motion filed late Friday, Hawaii officials asked U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson to enforce or modify the injunction he issued in March blocking the ban altogether.

On Thursday, Watson denied a request to clarify who is exempt from the restrictions, saying that question was best for the U.S. Supreme Court, which has allowed parts of the ban to go into effect until it considers legal challenges.

A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday it did not have jurisdiction to address or clarify the Supreme Court ruling, but Watson could interpret and enforce it. That appeared to give Hawaii an opportunity to reframe its request.

Hawaii contends the Trump rules improperly omit grandparents, aunts and uncles of U.S. citizens from the list of people who can travel to the U.S.

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Photo Credit: The State of Hawaii on Friday made its second attempt in a week to overturn aspects of Trump's travel ban. Pictured, Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speaks at a press conference outside the federal courthouse, March 15, 2107, in Honolulu. Marco Garcia / Associated Press